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package com.genia.toolbox.projects.toolbox_basics_project.security.manager.impl;

import org.springframework.security.providers.encoding.PasswordEncoder;

/**
 * Trampoline version of {@link PasswordEncoder}. Add the generateSeed() method
 * as well as an encode method that generate a new seed.
 */
public interface TrampolinePasswordEncoder
    extends PasswordEncoder
{

  /**
   * generate a random seed.
   * 
   * @return the seed.
   */
  public abstract String generateSeed();



  /**
   * Encodes the specified raw password with an implementation specific
   * algorithm. This method is equivalent to
   * <code>encodePassword(rawPass, generateSeed()).</code>
   * 
   * @param rawPass
   *          the password to encode
   * @return encoded password
   */
  public abstract String encodePassword(String rawPass);

}
